Baseball Preview: College Prep Cougars vs. Head-Royce Jayhawks
College Prep is 1-9 against Head-Royce since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The College Prep Cougars will head out on the road to challenge the Head-Royce Jayhawks at 3:30 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (College Prep: 3.6, Head-Royce: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
After soaring to 13 runs the game before, College Prep was a bit more limited in their matchup on Tuesday. They fell victim to a rough 6-0 loss at the hands of St. Joseph Notre Dame. The shutout was out of character for College Prep seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in February.
Meanwhile, Head-Royce put another one in the bag on Monday to keep their perfect season alive. They came out on top against St. Joseph Notre Dame by a score of 11-7.
Ezra Goldfarb made a splash no matter where he played. He tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks). Goldfarb has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Goldfarb was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Kento Tsuji and Graham Sanger did most of the damage at the plate: Tsuji went 1-for-4 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI, while Sanger scored two runs while going 1-for-4. Another player making a difference was Kaden Choi, who scored a run while going 2-for-5.
College Prep now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Head-Royce, their record is now 5-0.
College Prep suffered a grim 19-1 defeat to Head-Royce when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can College Prep avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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